Peace is every step.

The shining red sun is my heart.







Each flower smiles with me.

How green, how fresh all that grows.

How cool the wind blows.

Peace is every step.

It turns the endless path to joy.

Thich Nhat Hanh



BREATHE! YOU ARE ALIVE

"Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand new hours to live.

What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live

in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy and happiness to ourselves and others.

Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see.

The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We don't have to travel far away to enjoy the blue sky.

We don't have to leave our city or even our neighborhood to enjoy the eyes of a beautiful child.

Even the air we breathe can be a source of joy."

"We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us

to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.
We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living.
We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house,
and so on.

But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.

Every breath we take,every step we make, can be filled with peace. joy, and serenity.

We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment."

From the book PEACE IS EVERY STEP, by Thich Nhat Hanh , published by Bantam Books, Copyright 1991 by Thich Nhat Hanh.



IS IT NOW YET??? Well of course, it ALWAYS right now, this very minute.

What else could it be but NOW...not tomorrow: Not here yet,

Not yesterday: Over with. TODAY is NOW, Live it and walk it in peace, joy, happiness and harmony. Admire the sky, the mountains,the rabbits, the quail. Your mouth will smile and your heart will fill with gratitude.

Blessings and love to all. BT/Joyce





(originally posted on Blogster May 2007)